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CSG February 2025 speaker: Helen O’Keefe, Director, HOK Talent Solutions

OHS employment trends

Presentation by: Helen O'Keefe, Director, HOK Talent Solutions

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We were privileged once again to have Helen O'Keefe share her knowledge and advice about the latest employment trends in the OHS sector at our first event for 2025.

This is of particular interest to our cohort, who no longer remain with an organisation for their entire career. Rather there is considerable movement between roles and industries, due to the transferable skills of the OHS professional. This presentation showed the scope of what's out there and how best to navigate it, including dealing with the impacts of AI.

As Managing Director of HOK Talent Solutions, Helen specialises in health and safety recruitment, which is why her insights are so valuable. Her knowledge is backed up by comprehensive analysis of the Australian health and safety job market that allows Helen and her team to identify the underlying factors influencing OHS employment trends. She shared some of that analysis with the audience.

Helen’s presentation included questions and discussion from the audience.

 

The presenter:

Helen O’Keefe is the founder of HOK Talent Solutions, which celebrates 10 years of dedicated service to the OHS community in 2025. Operating Australia-wide, Helen manages recruitment assignments across various sectors and her passion for the health and safety industry stems from her extensive experience in the field - from both a recruitment perspective and having worked alongside OHS peers in her earlier career. Prior to establishing HOK Talent Solutions, Helen held the position of National Recruitment Manager at the Australian Red Cross and served as an HR Manager for the pharmaceutical company Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK).

 
 

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CSG April 2025 event - Catherine Itman, Safety Specialist, Safety and Property Risk team, Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT)


Super-charging safety

Presented by: Catherine Itman, Safety Specialist, Safety and Property Risk team, Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT)
Topic: Super-charging safety


How: CSG Hybrid Lunchtime Presentation -via zoom or in person

Date: Tuesday 8 April 2025, noon
Non-Members welcome to attend

Super-charging safety
Business imperatives and safety outcomes are not always compatible, but Catherine Itman will be offering a good-news story to Central Safety Group at the April lunchtime presentation.
As a safety specialist in the Safety and Property Risk team at Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT), Catherine will talk about how ISPT maintains a ‘do no harm’ investment and operating philosophy, with HSE principles integrated into all business activity.
Catherine will describe how the Safety and Property Risk team embraces opportunities to strengthen safety leadership across business functions, within a fast-paced business environment. By leading data-informed decision-making, understanding and translating business drivers into safety outcomes, and supporting change as early adopters, the team has established itself as a critical business function with respected and sought-after expertise.
Established in 1994 by some of Australia’s leading superannuation funds, ISPT has grown a national property portfolio worth over $20 billion. Catherine will explain their ‘active client’ business model, where the ISPT Safety and Property Risk team works closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to set standards and influence safety performance.

About the Speaker:

Catherine Itman has 15 years' experience in aged care and disability services and 20 years in the tertiary sector across scientific support services, research and academia.
Since November 2022, she has been working as a safety specialist with Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT). Drawing on her training as a scientist and years of teaching, she champions data-informed decisions and continual improvement.
Recognising the importance of personal growth and sharing expertise, Catherine has served on the AIHS Victorian Branch Committee as well as the Board of Governance of a community services organisation. She is currently a Community Representative with a medical college.
Catherine holds degrees from both the University of Melbourne & Monash University.

Date: Tuesday 8 April 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: Regus Yarra Room, 50th floor, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne. Our thanks to Helen O'Keefe for providing the venue.
How: In person or online via Zoom - the link will be sent out on the afternoon of the Monday preceding the event
N.B. A video recording of the session will be available on the website exclusively for financial members.
Cost: Financial members* free. Others $15
RSVP: COB Monday 7 April 2025. Online using our RSVP form
Join: Join CSG now [Individual membership fee: $85.]
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   RSVP: by Monday 7 April.
Online using our RSVP form or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone the secretary T: (03) 9387 9768 Mobile 0417 040 252
The Zoom event link will be emailed on the afternoon of Monday 7 April 2025.

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